The Car and Truck Fleet and Leasing Management Magazine

Automatic Emergency Braking

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems are designed to detect an impending forward crash with another vehicle in time to avoid or mitigate the collision. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to add this technology to the 5-Star safety rating system's list of recommended technologies, beginning with the 2018 model year. To learn more about the change, click here.

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Market Trends

By Mike Antich
As a wear item, tires are a depreciating asset. Your job, as the fleet manager, is to slow the rate of depreciation. Replacement tires as a cost category are a fleet’s second-largest operating expense, exceeded only by fuel. By maximizing tire tread life, you lower per-mile costs, resulting in fewer premature removals and optimizing the condition of tire casings, allowing for multiple retreads.

Driving Notes

By Mike Antich
All-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is the sixth generation minivan from Chrysler, which re-engineered it from the ground up on an all-new platform. Pacifica replaces the popular, prior generation Chrysler Town & Country.